Digital Dialogue

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks Saturday during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority 2013 conference in Washington. Palin, the conference's final speaker, rejected calls for an immigration overhaul that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally.

■ DEMOCRATS DECRY House’s anti-abortion bill:

Well, the GOP is doing something — nothing that matters like jobs or the economy — but something. Useless, however. Women have been satisfied with Roe v. Wade, and the GOP keeps stalling on issues of importance. They haven’t changed since Election Day 2008 — obstruction being their drive. The only thing they have to look forward to is their pensions.

logicrules

amarillo.com

■ AMARILLO ISD: May 30 last school day (Amarillo ISD Board of Trustees revises school calendar):

Great job board (of trustees) revisiting this and making the right change. Keep up the good work.

HubTown01

amarillo.com

Wow. They listened!

Amanda Burda Anderson

Facebook

Amazing! And they don’t start until August 26th! This calendar is starting to resemble (the) old school ones. Loving it!

Niki Harriss

Facebook

Thanks, AISD, for the smart revisions. This is a much better calendar — one that makes sense.

DancingBuffalo

amarillo.com

■ AN OPEN LETTER to Amarillo mayor: Let people vote on cellphone ordinance:

Headsets, Bluetooth ... it is not that complicated, folks. It really isn’t.

Dawn Mychelle Pringle

Facebook

The ordinance does not make money for the city if it is not enforced. You could have saved yourself the expense of a Bluetooth if you would just pull over when you need to talk.

txjk54

amarillo.com

Here is my thing: If it was something that just affected you, it would be one thing, but it doesn’t. When you get on the road, you aren’t the only one on it. You shouldn’t get to risk someone else’s life because you’re too stubborn to put the phone down. Car accidents are the leading cause of death in this country for children, and one of the top causes of death in adults, as well. Driving is dangerous enough as it is; doing so while distracted by your phone makes it even more dangerous. Get a Bluetooth and get over it!

Melinda Bell

Facebook

I just love it when folks use the line “... safety of the public.” It is so overused it is unreal. Must be an Obama supporter. Texting while driving is dangerous. There is not one person that can defend it, but to say the use of cellphones while driving is unsafe for the public and not police, commissioners and other city employees is just ludicrous. The excuse of “they need them to do their job” is just plain pathetic. They have a radio, PCs with wifi, dispatch with a land line, and I could go on. Plus, do they really need to call a complainant while driving? Can they not pull over for five minutes? Get real, folks. This is about making more money for the city — up to a $200 fine and court costs. The tickets will come, just as they have with the red light cameras. Just wait. And as for the public safety issue, I ask again, what’s next? No radios? No talking? No freedoms? What’s more distracting — a phone or a conversation with a passenger? A phone or singing with the radio? How many of your liberties are you willing to give up in the name of “public safety”? I love my freedom. If you don’t — and want government running your life — then move.